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Are you sure you are timing it correctly, using it on the right map, and microing ok? It should decimate most Protoss players unless they scout, discover, forge up, delay possible cannons until last min, dual exp, and quick air or go all in sentries.

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I reasonable protoss player will scout. This build cuts out a lot of zerglings and unless you can deny a probe scout it will be very transparent that you're going for a 7RR. A zerg who does not take an expansion quickly or lets at least a few lings to scout / deny scouting is very suspicious. Additionally protoss have access to the sentry and zealots will kill a roach in a 1v1 battle. They key is to force the roaches halfway up your ramp then cutting them off in half. Ideally 3 on top of your ramp and 4 below. A few stalkers should be able to hold them off.

Forging up, and dual expoing (correct me if I misread you when you said dual exp) into "quick" air is not a viable strategy.

A reliable strategy would be to hold off the initial push and securing your natural. You should be in an economic lead since he sacrificed 7 larvae early on in the game for the attack. From there the game should transfer into a standard ZvP with the protoss being slightly ahead due to a higher probe count.

> It should decimate most Protoss players unless they scout..

It should (annhilate|destroy|overwhelm|<etc>) most Protoss players unless they scout...

FTFY

That usage of decimate is as grating to me as it is common. :/ I don't blame you, I'm just shaking my fists at the heavens in impotent rage.

I sympathize and agree. For those who don't know, the word "decimate" comes from a practice of the Roman army in which they would kill one out of every ten soldiers as a punishment for mutiny.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimation_(Roman_army)

That is the origin of the word, but I don't see why there is anything wrong with using it as the original poster did: "to cause great destruction or harm to" is a perfectly valid meaning of the word.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decimate

And like many other words decimate's current usage and meaning has deviated from its original use.

Are you suggesting people should only and exclusively adhere to original meanings and "trve" origins of words?

Knowing where a word came from can certainly help us understand more but let's face it, languages are very alive and change a lot.

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